7 git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository.
12 'git-fetch' <repository> <refspec>...
17 Fetches named heads or tags from another repository, along with
18 the objects necessary to complete them.
20 The ref names and their object names of fetched refs are stored
21 in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. This information is left for a later merge
22 operation done by "git resolve" or "git octopus".
27 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
29 -u, \--update-head-ok::
30 By default 'git-fetch' refuses to update the head which
31 corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the
32 check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not
33 update the index and working directory, so use it with care.
38 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
39 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
43 Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
47 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite